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ARTFUL DODGERS
On June 21st, the Supreme Court blinked. It used a legal technicality to sidestep determining the status of two long-simmering “indecency” cases and, thus, the legal status of broadcast television and radio, the traditional mass communications media. One case involves the spoken word and was against Fox over what are known as “fleeting expletives,” words like “fuck” and “shit” uttered by Cher, Nicole Richie and Bono at the Billboard Music Awards in 2002 and 2003. The second was against ABC for showing what can be called “fleeting nudity,” the brief display of a female actress’ nude buttocks during an episode […]
by David Rosen on Jun 25, 2012 -
TOM ROTHMAN’S GREATEST HITS
This Monday night the Gotham Independent Film Awards will honor Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, with one of their annual Tribute awards. In a career that’s spanned close to three decades, Rotham has been one of the most successful execs of our era. Along with overseeing at Fox some of the biggest blockbusters ever made, he’s also put his mark on today’s specialty films having founded Fox Searchlight in 1994. Let’s go down memory lane and check out some of his highlights. One of Rothman’s earliest credits was as co-producer for Jim Jarmusch‘s classic, Down By […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 23, 2011 -
“NAPOLEON DYNAMITE” GETS ANIMATED
Get ready for awesome drawings, yummy tots and shouts of GOSH and IDIOT because the indie darling Napoleon Dynamite is getting the animation treatment. According to Deadline, Fox has picked up an adaptation of the 2004 hit for six episodes with the film’s writer-director Jared Hess executive producing and star Jon Heder voicing Napoleon.
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 11, 2010
